Friday 25 September 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9376
Date Request Received: 29/04/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 22/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Determination of ceilings of care and escalation of respiratory support as at May 2020
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Freedom of Information Act Request: Determination of ceilings of care and escalation of respiratory support as at May 2020 I write to request the following information. This request is made pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000. Please provide me with copies of any clinical pathways, decision-making tools and policy guidance which were in place at your Trust in May 2020 regarding: a. Determining ceilings of care for hospital inpatients (including patients suffering from COVID-19); and a. Escalation of respiratory support for hospital inpatients, including determining whether non-invasive or invasive respiratory support would be provided. (For example, this may include clinical pathways for management of acute respiratory failure). | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please find attached: • Continuous Positive Airway Therapy (CPAP) for Covid-19 Patients Nursed on the Respiratory High Care Unit (RHCU) & Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Management Plan – March 2020 (all in one document) • COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Care Pathway for Patients with Type I Respiratory Failure – March 2020 • Respiratory Assessment Form – March 2020 RCU Virtual Visiting Times RCU Consultant Ward Round RCU Patient Admission Management Summary RCU Virtual Visiting Times SOP for Inpatient receiving NIV & CPAP (non-Covid related) - infection control management Type 1 Resp Failure COVID pathway Covid 19-Adult patient admission and management summary To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  9376 CPAP for RHCU.v1.pdf 9376 Respiratory Assessment Form.v1.270320.pdf 9376 Type1RespFailureCOVIDpathway.v1.270320.pdf covid19-adult-patient-admission-and-management-summary-v21_7524.pdf RCU Consultant Ward Round_v2_4.4.pdf RCU Patient Admission Management Summary v9 (2).pdf RCU Virtual Visiting Times.pdf SOP for inpatients receiving NIV & CPAP (non-Covid related)- infection control management SFT.pdf Type1RespFailureCOVIDpathway_final.pdf | |
| Question Number 2: I understand that CRITCON levels 0 – 4 were applied during the COVID-19 pandemic to determine the level of capacity in intensive care units and measures to be taken in response. In connection with this, please confirm the CRITCON level(s) declared by your organisation during May 2020. | |
| Answer To Question 2: CRITCON scores within Critical Care was not implemented until November of 2020. During early 2020 we only recorded patients, vent status and covid status. | |
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